In a message dated 09/03/2005 11:32:08 AM Eastern Standard Time,
LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:

Is that  amount of rust unusual? Or does every car look like that after ten
winters  in the snowy wastelands that are eastern and central Canada and  US?
Seriously, I'm curious and have no clue. I've lived in Los Angeles  nearly
all my life and the only actual rust damage on my SoCal Vanagon is  the tip
of the exhaust J pipe is eaten away at the bottom. I've heard the  stories
about road salt, but I had no idea...

That's what we poor Vanagon mechanics deal with  everyday here in the Great
White North !  I spend more time cleaning up  stuff than you'd ever imagine !
Most times on a job like Ben's doing I get  a 20 litre pail full of crap from
the floor sweeping.  Our Vanagons however  are therefore lighter than your
average West Coast models, that's why we go  faster !  Thank your lucky stars
your outa the rust belt !

Cheers,

Frank  Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
_BusFusion_ (http://members.aol.com/BusFusion/bfhome.htm)  a VW Camper
camping event, Almonte, ON, June 09 ~ 12, 2005
'87 Westy, '90 Carat &  Lionel Trains
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